The Historical and Anthropological-educational Study on the Arts to Transmit 'Practical Wisdom for Life (Sei no Jissenchi)' to the Next Generation

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381028
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Okabe Mika 大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 准教授 (80294776)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 教育人間学 / 歴史的教育人類学 / 実践知 / 世代継承 / 教育の技法 / モノ / 例示 / アナロジー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we focused on strategies used to transmit practical wisdom for life (Japanese: Sei no Jissenchi) to the next generation. Specifically, we attempted to elucidate the role these strategies play in human growth, development, and maturation, as well as the significance and effectiveness they hold in relation to teaching practice. As a result of this study, we identified two general attributes among the diverse range of strategies used to transmit practical wisdom for life to the next generation: (1) they contribute to the drawing of boundaries and the ordering of the world in which one lives with others in a community or a society, and (2) they do not fall into rational and empirical systems of knowledge, because they involve the use of objects as educational media with body performances, and also because they use examples, metaphors, allegories, and analogies.

Free Research Field

教育学